Missing Katy-area boy found safe

By Dale Lezon |
November 7, 2012
| Updated: November 7, 2012 11:40am

An 11-year-old boy has been found safe after he was reported missing early Wednesday morning from his home in the Katy area.

Richard Redland was found unharmed near a large trash bin on Westheimer Parkway near Mason, said Bob Haenel, a spokesman for the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office. Haenel said the boy expected to be reunited with his family. Deputies, he added, were trying to determine if the boy may have run away from home.

Haenel said Richard had been reported missing about 5:50 a.m. from his home in the 21300 block of Willow Glade Drive.

Deputies said his parents told authorities they could not find him in the home when they woke up.